EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA
HUNDRED DEATHS AT PERTH. heat wave believed cause. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Perth, Deo. 9. Over 100 people have died from influenza in Perth in the last few-days.
The outbreak is attributed to the heat wave. The temperature averaged 99 degrees for five days, the highest being 101 degrees on Monday. Twenty-one funerals were conducted at the Karrakatta cemetery, which is the highest total for any day since the cemetery was opened 32 years ago. ! The previous record of deaths was 19, in 1919, when the influenza epidemic was raging. Yesterday’s record went to 29.
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1931, Page 9
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